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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Hi Birders,
Before I left home at 8:30 AM today, I had a brilliant male purple finch 
"lording" his gorgeousness over the house finches and sharing their food here 
in 
the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville a few blocks east of the Cleece's 
Ferry Landing which is on the Cumberland River in Davidson County.

While doing errands before attending a meeting, I was driving across Harding 
Place alongside the Belle Meade Country Club golf course about 3/4 mile east 
of Harding Road.  While stopped awaiting a person who needed the make a left 
turn, I scanned the cedar trees between the street and the fairway and found a 
red-breasted nuthatch climbing up one of them.  Just as the fellow ahead was 
able to execute his turn, and I started to move ahead, I glimpsed another 
climbing bird on a second tree but was not sure of the ID on it--probably a 
second 
red-breasted.

About 3:55 PM, I went out to add bird seed to my "Smorga-bird" just in time 
to hear and see FIVE red-breasteds fly into my backyard trees where they 
started climbing skyward.  When they reached the treetops, they flew off in 
unison 
"talking" to one another as they had done when they flew in.  They flew south 
across the streets and I-40 in the direction of the WSMV-TV tower on Knob Hill 
in West Meade which is less than a mile or so away.

This has been a fine day for "goodies" as well as more chickadees and titmice 
than normal and a few more mourning doves.  I have tons of cardinals & blue 
jays as well.  My ONE junco scout is still remaining faithful, so I wonder when 
the rest of its tribe will arrive.

Winter's a-coming!  Let's all get some great birds.

Dee Thompson,
Nashville, TN










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